Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:08:31 -0800 From: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: loader on Dell INSPIRON 1501: BTX halted Message-ID: <473520AF.4020204@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20071109221846.9899eebd.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <192440147.20071026152939@opanki.ru> <20071026165151.GC37471@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20071109221846.9899eebd.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:51:51 +0300 > Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Take patch from >> http://people.freebsd.org/~kib/realbtx >> (rev. 2). The new loader is at the same location, but it seems that I >> did not saved new boot2. You need to install both boot block and >> loader obtained from the build with the realbtx patch applied, to you >> USB HDD drive. >> > > Just for fun, I tested this patch on an Acer Aspire 5672AWLMi laptop. > (See this page[1] for my adventures with this laptop.) > This laptop doesn't say "BTX halted", it just scrolls a lot of text > (register dumps?) across the screen forever. > > I did: > cd /usr/src/sys > patch < ../.../realbtx.2.patch > cd boot/i386 > make > > Then I copied the files to the usb hdd (da0) with > boot0cfg -B -b /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot0/boot0 da0 > mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt > cp -v /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader /mnt/boot > > Is this the correct way to do it? > > Then I unmounted the disk and tried to boot it. > Unfortunately, nothing changed. When booted (from usb hdd) the laptop > still scrolls text across the screen forever. I have to turn it off > with the power button. > > Should this patch work on my laptop? > > 1) http://tingox.googlepages.com/aceraspireas5672andfreebsd > The realbtx.2.patch does not fix the hang during boot of my HP Pavillion dv9420us. The boot stops just like before, right after the Copyright message and text=?????? it freezes and only a power cycle will bring it to life. Currently, I work around the boot hang by pressing <spacebar> starting just before the BIOS splash disappears; and then press <enter> at the boot slice prompt. jmc
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